Re: NO foolin around in April challenge

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> Ok. The gauntlet has been thrown down. I'm going to commit to being 100% OP

during the month of April.

Good for you! You can do it!

> I have 5 weeks until cruise time. Yes indeed, 5 weeks from today, hunny and I

will be going from his house to Los Angeles (we'll stay the night in a hotel)

and then Monday 5/7 our cruise departs... WHOOP!!

Sounds like heaven...I'm envious

> Did I tell you I asked him if we can get married on the cruise? He didn't say

no, but he didn't say yes. So things are in his court, so to speak. I don't

know that it would be international at all per se, like actually in Mexico, more

on the ship with the notary, JP, whatever. Ship Captain does not perform

marriages, we already discerned that LOL!! So it would depend on how generic of

a 'ceremony' we want, which we could always re-do it in another venue, right.

But wow, if that happened, life would quickly change LOL!! DS17 graduates

Memorial Day weekend and has been accepted to college. DS15 lives with his

father / DS19 is already in his own little college world, so this could happen

now vs waiting 2 more years!

WOW! So you may come back a married woman! So excited for you either way,

> So. I know this is not a crash diet. It's never been about an event for me,

I keep saying if I stay OP I could be at goal for x, y or z but it hasn't

happened because this is about so much more than the number on the scale or a

dress size for an event.

It's hard to stay OP all the time.

> I am an addict with dis-ordered eating and I have to work through this

head-stuff to be able to get what's going on inside my head and heart in regards

to eating " fixed " or it won't matter how quickly I get to goal, it will not

last, it will come back.

Yeah. *sigh* Me too. I am a sugar addict--no doubt about it. It's really

strange to say I've been almost 8 weeks without it--I NEVER thought I could do

it. But I have such a wonderful support system this time around--many of my

friends are type 2 diabetics, so they have to follow the low glycemic index diet

to manage their health issues *without* meds. I don't have diabetes (yet), but

I am insulin resistant, so I have to follow the same diet. Having friends to

lean on has made all the difference in the world!

> I want to be able to shop with the local street vendors when we spend our day

in Mexico. I want to be able to lie by the pool(s) on the ship and not be

embarrassed to take my cover-up off and be in my swimsuit on the deck. I want

to go on at least one adventure, either at the Catalina Islands (off California)

or in Mexico (think snorkeling, zip lining, horseback riding... something!)

What a wonderful goal, . You can do it!

> So, there ya have it. April challenge accepted. Onward and downward!!

>

> in WA

> 310 / 255.8 / 155? (really is amazing to think I am 100 lbs from goal)

And again--WOW! You have come so far!

Cheers,

Bonnie